Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

While the Ross Dress for Less [may] will be closing its 3rd and Ogden location ([if] for the proposed and hotly contested Casden Properties project [breaks ground]), the discount retailer will be ‘opening soon’ at the Beverly Connection, and is currently hiring, per signage on the west and south sides of the shopping center. A [...]

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Have you noticed the Beverly Connection’s new black trim? I think it’s a bit of an improvement, gives the big box some definition, but it also looks a bit ’80s or something… Thoughts?
A couple more angles…

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Wow, so unusual for anything to open when it says it’s going to open, but Nordstrom Rack has opened right on time today at the Beverly Connection, and is doing very swift business I might add. The discount retailer joins others at the shopping center—Loehmann’s Men’s and Marshall’s, with Ross on its way.
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In the windows on La Cienega; click to expand any images
Beverly Connection is showing more signs of incoming Nordstrom Rack on September 24 and Ross (have no ETA as of yet). On the west side of the mall, the two discount retailers are included in decals that have been put across a slew of windows. [...]

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Took a few construction photos the other day of the incoming Nordstrom Rack at the Beverly Connection on Beverly Boulevard, slated to open Thursday, September 24. There looks to be underground parking in the works at the left side of the photo. A closer shot is after the jump. It’s set back further from the [...]

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It was announced back in November that Nordstrom Rack would be opening at the Beverly Connection, but without specification as to the exact space. A sign indicating an opening date of Thursday, September 24 is now up across the massive empty lot on Beverly Boulevard, just east of La Cienega in proximity of the CVS.
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Thanks to commenters Miss Teresa and Liberace for pointing out that Ross will be coming to the Beverly Connection, as well as a bit of info on the Ross at West 3rd Street and Ogden Drive:
Miss Teresa:
…Also, Ross is going in to BevCon soon. I wonder if they plan to give up the 3rd and [...]

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